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στενός
narrow /steˈnos/
adjectiveB2#2438 most common
Also: tight, close (of a friend or relationship), strait (as in a narrow passage)
Example sentences
Ο δρόμος είναι στενός.
The road is narrow.
Αυτό το παντελόνι είναι πολύ στενό για μένα.
These trousers are too tight for me.
Έχει πολλούς στενούς φίλους στην πόλη.
He has many close friends in the city.
Το διαμέρισμα έχει έναν στενό διάδρομο.
The apartment has a narrow corridor.
Περάσαμε από ένα στενό δρομάκι στην παλιά πόλη.
We passed through a narrow alley in the old town.
Η στενή συνεργασία μεταξύ των δύο χωρών βοήθησε να λυθεί η κρίση.
The close cooperation between the two countries helped resolve the crisis.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | στενός | στενοί |
| Genitive | στενού | στενών |
| Accusative | στενό | στενούς |
| Vocative | στενέ | στενοί |
Word family
στενοχώριαnarrowness, worry, distress
στενοχωριέμαιto be upset, to worry
στενάa strait or narrow pass
στενεύωto narrow, to make tight
στενός φίλοςclose friend
Etymology
Στενός already meant narrow or strait in Ancient Greek. Linguists such as Beekes classify it as a word of Pre-Greek origin, meaning it likely came into Greek from a language spoken in the region before Greek arrived. No secure link to a wider Indo-European root has been established, so scholars mark its origin as uncertain rather than propose one.
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